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Friday, March 31, 2017

Scrap-A-Palooza! Another Layout Option

Whenever I am making a Scrap-A-Palooza quilt, it seems that somewhere in the process, I come up with a similar design idea and end up making another quilt.

Such was the case with this Blue Stix quilt. As I was sewing up this quilt top, I realized that three "sticks" sewn together made a square block. My mind instantly started planning a new quilt.

I used this quilt as an opportunity to use up a bunch of solid scraps I had along with some low volume fabrics. I decided to go with colors in the blue, green and purple colorways.

The blocks are 9.5" unfinished. The strips are cut at 1.5" and 2.5".

I had a Jen Kingwell Gardenvale fabric in my stash that was almost large enough for the backing. I used a solid purple strip to make it wide enough. Some simple swirls in a white thread and it was finished!

I really like how simple these blocks are. I am sure I will be revisiting this Scrap-A-Palooza design in the future. I already want to make a third quilt - weaving the colors vertically and horizontally. Wouldn't that be pretty?

Great looking quilts. I'm so glad to know that it isn't just me that has to battle the "what ifs" as I work on a quilt. Sometimes, I think I could make at least 5 variations on a design if I didn't just make myself move on. Nothing wrong with that, just too many great patterns to explore.

These are two great approaches for busting a bin of scraps! I especially like the second layout. I find it's hard to use up scraps that don't read as a solid, but combining them with a true solid and placing them in a design with such strong geometry, as you have, makes using up those multi-color prints possible. Excellent!

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